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goes at a good clip

goes at a good clip is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go at a good clip.

Meaning of go at a good clip

Verb

go at a good clip (third-person singular simple present goes at a good clip, present participle going at a good clip, simple past went at a good clip, past participle gone at a good clip)

  1. (idiomatic) To go fast
    • The driver told me that at five o'clock there was a direct bus for Lyon on the main road, three kilometers from there. So off we went at a good clip, our wooden soles clacking noisily down the pebbled road.1993, Lucie Aubrac, Outwitting the Gestapo

Questions about goes at a good clip

What is goes at a good clip the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Goes at a good clip is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go at a good clip.

Words near goes at a good clip in the dictionary

  1. goes around in circles
  2. goes around the houses
  3. goes around with
  4. goes astray
  5. goes at
  6. goes at a good clip
  7. goes at it
  8. goes away
  9. goes awry
  10. goes back
  11. goes back a long way

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